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Author: Christina J. Schneider


This file contains information on how to replicate the results in my article "Public Commitments as Signals of Responsiveness in the European Union" (The Journal of Politics). All necessary data, do-files and log-files are included in the replication package.

To replicate the graphs in the experimental analysis, you need the coefplot ado file.

To replicate all results, please use replication_commitments.do

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Variables Used (description and sources can be found in the article):

1) Table 1 (Public Commitments)

Paper					Data Set

Public Commitment			defense
Election Period 			election_neg
Election Period (Council Negotiations)	election_neg_new
Distance from Commission		positiondistance_com
Distance from Parliament		positiondistance_ep
Distance from Council Mean 		distancep			
Salience 				saliency
Multiple Issues				multidimensional
Qualified Majority 			qmv
Voting Power 				sscouncil_pct_rev


2) Figures 2 & 3 (Public Support)

Paper					Data Set

Support for a Greek Bailout (%)		supportfinance
Support for Refugees (%)		supportimmigration
Voter Support				support_c
Voter Support (Continuous)		support_cont_c
Public Commitment			defense
Position				position_c
Vote					vote_c
Outcome					outcome_c
Partisanship Similarity			party_sim
Gender Similarity			gender_sim
Experience				experience_c
Bargaining Success (Vote)		competence_ind
Bargaining Success (Position)		competence_ind1				
Political Knowledge			knowledge
Attention				screenerCorrect		

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